Looks as though the latest BlackBerry Messenger has just gone live. Through BlackBerry Beta Zone, RIM had released v5.0.1.32 but, the live links to the update are showing v5.0.1.38. You can hit the BlackBerry Messenger link to download the latest version. BlackBerry App World however, is still not fully live as of yet although, it is showing so it'll only be a short while. Let us know if ya find anything new.

I had to go to blackberry.com/bbm to get it. The blackberry.com/messenger link showed the old version. Big size difference between the appworld version and the OTA. OTA is 2.8mb and the appworld one is 7.8mb. Probably the language files.

oh i'm downloading but i think it's hilarious that even blackberry doesn't directly load this into app world already for download. that all the app people use their notifications on their app than through app world.

Interesting. Contact photos now remain the same shape as the original (no more resizing into squares on the list). I'm not sure I like that very much. Fonts have increased in size and things look kind of crammed into the interface. The only plus I see is the larger smileys...finally don't have to squint to see the expression!!

Can now add comments when sending an image
Can search through your contact list if you have a large list
New layout display (more difference in color between both identities)
I see Delete Backup file along with Backup & Restore? Not sure... Was this there before?

New feature to Automatically Record When Sending Voice Notes, rather than pop-up dialog saying to confirm

WAOOO this is just what i was waiting for. like with the old one for your status to change you must have no more than 100 contact and it was anoying. but with this one it just DO IT! LOVEE IT THANKS CB ure the best!

Like the new background. Makes it different than the messaging. You could update your "personal message" even in the old version and you dont have to have more than 100 contacts. Love the speed and a little tweaks here and there i noticed too :)

downloaded to my 8900 via the link, froze 2 times, finally installed, reboot and app is missing. App menu says I have it, try to download again and it says I have it already, but it is no where to be found

deleted from app list, rebooted and reinstalled old version from app world

Feedback: Causing minor memory leak on my Bold 9000. 26.6MB now down to 22.2MB but slowly going back up idk what's up with that. Really wish the personal message limit could be longer. Other than that sweet update! :)

I just downloaded now, my Storm is rebooting and its awesome that this didn't go to beta zone first!!!!!
Does anyone know whats new about this update?!
oh yeah I downloaded it directly from the web so it was only 2.7 mb!!!

yay for a bbm update but im trying to download it...i went onto blackberry.com/bbm and gave my email for the download link and on tht page it shows the new bbm and when i wanna see it to download it in app world it shows the other version before this can someone help me :)

Let the record show that I love this new version on my 9550. I wasn't one of the beta users and upgraded to 5.0.1.38 from 5.0.0.57. Multiple people wanna switch back for various reasons so, courtesy of BBTweeps - http://bbtweeps.com/files/php/bbm.php

This latest update is very, very high end. The groups now work flawlessly for the Storm 9550. It almost feels like a little bit of 6.0 on my phone now. The group pictures slide oh so smoothly now from image to image. I really like how the chats appear now too. Very, very impressive.

To make icons small change Contact List Style to "1 line"
the only way to get rid of the grey is to change the Chat Style to "No Borders" in options. Which will make the background white. but you don't get bubbles.

so i dl'd the new update from the app world, and after my phone rebooted there was no longer a bbm for me to use, and i tried to dl bbm again and it says that its already installed...any help on how to get it back?

none of these links are working and Blackberry App World does not have the version listed above. Went to blackberry.com and the only vrison available is the version that I already have. Can someone send me a link to james.thickson@rogers.blackberry.net Thank you

I kinda had to get this version because I just downgraded my OS (don't ask, long story) anyway, things I've notivced are yeah, the chat screen is definitely different & while I'm usually a grey kinda guy, I'm not liking it all that much, would rather it be white again. 2nd, I like how the escape key clear what you were typing, now that it just exits the chat only to leave it there to when you come back, I'm not liking that so much. 3rd, the "my profile" section has definitely changed from before, it's really the first thing I noticed, if I could change back I think I would, I liked the old version better I think.

dead links...
My first attempt, It showed up in app world and I clicked to download, however the server location timed out or something! i rebooted and tried again, but this time it only showed version 5.0.57!

I'm using a 9700 on Rogers. I downloaded this from App World last night and it works fine. Download was 5.7 MB. I'm guessing the 7 MB file is for the touchscreen version?

Plenty of visual changes in my opinion. More options when you hit the BlackBerry button. It does seem like there is less room for text in the chat boxes. Not sure if the text size has increased, or there are just bigger gaps between messages.

A few tweeks here and there, but for the most part not much more since the 5.0 roll out. Good thing is that all the new stuff feels like it should have been there already. I am liking SMS integration feature (allows you to read SMS messages from linked contacts in the BBM application). Some of my colleagues don't like it, but I think there is enough difference between the SMS and BBM conversation boxes to know which one your'e reading.
The thumbnail of pictures being received is nice. Group Chat seems to be working alot faster, not sure if continued usage will slow it up, but I do notice that the chats are loaded in the conversation box and not before you actually get into the chat (this is cool).
Not sure how an "expand all" option is useful but still loving "collapse all".
All in all not a bad upgrade. Not too much not too little. Continuing to explore more features. But so far I'm giving it a thumbs up!!

Wow, I'm seeing all these comments that the links and updates aren't working. I was lucky enough to see this blog & update it last night and the new BBM works great. I hope they get the links to work again.

i was expecting there to be many noticable changes and updates, but its just small lil things that dont really make that much of a difference one way or another. i like that it seems a tad bit faster and crisper look. other than that, nothing too special like more ppl have been saying.

Servers are probably been hammered, ive downloaded with no issues 5 mins ago, message delivery is faster, pictures preview is awesome, file transfer is MUCH faster without pauses, status update bug of 100 contacts is fixed, this is by far the best BBM yet.

Has anyone encountered this little glitch before where there's a black line that will appear occasionally in the chat window, I managed to grab a screenshot of it and I've been asking around if anyone has seen this but apparently so far I'm the only one who got this even before updating it to v5.0.1.38

I am gonna post the link to the image here and hopefully someone can tell me what's up...

i got the email hours ago, they should at least provide a alternate installation, maybe a non-ota install. for the DM? Nah, they'd rather have everyone go nuts and take down their servers all morning/afternoon.

So I was able to upgrade from within App World to the new version this morning. After rebooting I cannot find the icon for BBM now. I even had a friend message me and it never came through but shows as sent on his side.

Go into App World - shows I have it installed
Go into Applications list - shows I have it installed
icon cannot be found anywhere!

Pulled the battery, changed themes....no where to be found and when friends message me I get no notification...

It looks fun to use but a bit square. The one I downloaded was only 2.8MB and I know it's out of the question but It took me 3:30 to reboot my 9700. So again I'm not sure why the 9700 in the reboot shootout took more than 9minutes. Haha. Anyways looking forward to having a much better bbm experience. Thanks crackberry for the info!

They made the message thread look bland. It's just grey and sea green whatever. Not too enticing to see and use. Hope the color scheme could be changed though since chatting looks a bit boring because of the color scheme of the thread.

Call me nuts, but I've been hearing through the grape vine cops can track the conversations with this new update. I am skeptical if that is true, however, can someone please give some insight on these rumours....thank you.

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